May 15, 2015 - 5:15 pm Standing Down for Tower Climber Safety Roger Sherman | Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Michael Janson | Associate Chief, Competition and Infrastructure Policy Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Over the past two weeks, millions of workers across the country have participated in a National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent...
May 15, 2015 - 9:46 am Using Technology to Enhance Rail Safety Roger C. Sherman | Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Like the rest of the nation, we are deeply saddened by this week’s fatal Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia. We send our...
April 29, 2015 - 12:33 pm AWS-3 Update: The Licensing Process Continues Roger C. Sherman | Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau The AWS-3 auction was a blockbuster success – 1,611 new spectrum licenses, 31 winning bidders, and more than $41 billion in...
April 21, 2015 - 4:47 pm Breaking Down Barriers to Innovation in the 3.5 GHz Band John Leibovitz | Deputy Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau On Friday the FCC unanimously voted to create the Citizens Broadband Radio Service in the 3.5 GHz Band. This action will...
February 11, 2015 - 2:40 pm Wireless Providers Fulfill Commitment to let Consumers Unlock Mobile Phones One year ago, the FCC announced a voluntary commitment among a number of mobile wireless service providers to adopt policies...
January 29, 2015 - 12:18 pm Putting Auction 97 in the History Books Roger C. Sherman | Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau The bidding in Auction 97 – the AWS-3 auction – has concluded. There will be a lot of discussion about the results over the...